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IamSauerKraut t1_j5hzsjb wrote

Reply to comment by yupuhoh in So.. how bad is the snow, really? by springrollsissy

Buses have a schedule to keep. They don't go slow.

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yupuhoh t1_j5j1xwa wrote

Buses weigh 20,000 lbs? (guessing completely on the weight) they have just weee bit better contact to the road than a 2,000lb car. There is a reason people put weight in the back of their truck for traction.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j5jl40q wrote

Best bus drivers out there, imho, are school bus drivers. Yet... https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-90-crashes-school-buses-2022-windham-gorham-casey-southworth#

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yupuhoh t1_j5jp9em wrote

Omg! So your saying it's possible? It's possible to get eaten by a shark in the ocean too....but yet I swim every year

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IamSauerKraut t1_j5jsqia wrote

Shannon Ainslee probably thought the same thing every time he went surfing.

Then he got bit.

Shit happens.

And bus drivers often drive too fast for conditions, especially in wet weather. Nearly 70,000 crashes each year. Just a wee bit more than a one-off event.

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yupuhoh t1_j5juoic wrote

Lol...out of 9,000,000,000 bus trips....but keep being scared of everything because it "can" happen

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IamSauerKraut t1_j5jm9zk wrote

I remember this one: https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/tour-bus-crash-on-i-95-in-burnham-caused-by-driver-falling-asleep-at-the-wheel/97-27030595-af65-457c-a0e3-afa780055fce

This site provides some statistics: https://www.paulsoncoletti.com/bus-accident-statistics/

btw, when I was in college, almost always took Greyhound to get b/w home and school. Twice went off the road, once in rain another in snow. They drive too fast, imho.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j5mgx5t wrote

What's a plane weigh?

Oh.

Much more than a bus?

Welp. One just slid off the runway.

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